British Lord Suggests Dropping A Nuke On Pakistan

It probably went largely unnoticed in the States when Lord
Gilbert, a former Labour Party defense minister, advocated nuking
Pakistan,
according to Huffington Post UK.

Yes, that's right, on Thanksgiving Day, Gilbert stood in the
House of Lords and suggested that dropping the first nuclear bomb
since Nagasaki on the soil of a dual U.S.-U.K. ally might prevent
insurgent crossings into Afghanistan.

"These things are not talked about, but they should be,"
said Gilbert, "because there are great possibilities for
deterrence in using the weapons that we already have in that
respect."

Besides, "nobody lives up in the mountains on the
border between Afghanistan and Pakistan except for a few goats
and a handful of people herding them," said
Gilbert.

Gilbert specifically suggested use of a Neutron Bomb — the
one that the U.S. Government designed in order to destroy human
targets and leave structures intact. The bomb never quite
succeeded though, and though sheer radiation levels sufficed for
Gilbert's type of "area denial" strategy, the blast itself is
still damaging out to approximately 1.5 kilometers.

"I am absolutely delighted that nuclear weapons were
invented when they were and I am delighted that, with our help,
it was the Americans who invented them," Gilbert said.

Despite Gilbert's delight, there is no indication from the
British Parliament that they intend to nuke Pakistan.